“A bit gory,” Ben commented. “Ah, here’s another one,” the clerk replied. He grabbed a video from a shelf, the cover was all green, and it showed a chap hitting a woman in the head with a rifle. The clerk announced, “This one’s called, “Endangered”.

Car drives up through the woods toward a small town.

Woman Inside Car: Jack shouldn’t you ask the mayor of this town if you can hunt this endangered deer here?

Jack: Oh come on Lucy, it’ll be useless really I’m pretty sure he’ll let me hunt it.

Lucy: Just ask him.

Jack: Oh, all right but I’m sure he’ll let me hunt the deer here.  

The car stops in a parking lot outside City Hall.

Jack gets out the car leaving Lucy in it.

Jack: Sure you don’t want to come inside?

Lucy: I’m fine Jack go on in.

Jack: Whatever. I guess I should anyway I called an appointment with him.

He walks inside City Hall. The mayor greets him.

Mayor: Oh you must be Jack Richards, nice to meet you.

Jack: Nice to meet you too, sir.

The two shook hands.

Mayor: So how can I help you Jack?

Jack: Sir, isn’t it true about the endangered rare deer here?

Mayor: Well we do have endangered deer here. They have gray and black tails.

Jack: Ah Mayor Sir, you see I’m a hunter I’ve been hunting every type of deer there is.

Mayor: Go on.

Jack: I just need one more deer to complete my collection it’s the deer in this town I’ve heard about.

Mayor: So what do you want?

Jack: Mayor, sir I want to hunt the deer in this town. I’m pretty sure you will let me but my wife wanted me to make sure, sir.

The mayor’s face was grim.

Mayor: I’m sorry to disappoint you Jack but I can’t let you hunt those deer.

Jack looked shocked.

Jack: What?

Mayor: I won’t let you.

Jack: Why?

Mayor: Jack I’ve always loved animals in fact I don’t allow hunting in this town.

Jack: Are you crazy?

Mayor: If you ask me you’re the crazy one Jack. You and all the other hunters, you sick fiends kill innocent creatures for the hell of it. Plus the deer here mean a lot to the town it’s like our only tourist attraction are these endangered deer.

Jack: Alright mayor sir how much?

Mayor: What do you mean how much?

Jack: Mayor I’m a rich man I’ll give you whatever you want.

Mayor: You won’t bribe me either sir. I care for those deer and I won’t let you kill them.

Jack: You’re going to be sorry Mayor!  You will pay for doing this to Jack Richards!

Mayor: Good day Jack.

The mayor called two men over to drag Jack out the office.

Jack: You’ll be sorry, Mayor!

The door slams leaving Jack outside City Hall.

Jack: That arsehole. He’ll pay for this.

He gets inside his car.

Lucy: So Jack how did it go?

Jack: That crazy mayor won’t let me hunt that endangered deer.

Lucy: Well, I can’t blame him that’s probably the only tourist attraction at this place.

Jack: The exact words that he said.

Lucy: So where are we going?

Jack: Some motel I guess.

MOTEL ROOM

Late At Night

While Jack is unpacking his suitcase he discovers his rifle in his bag.

Lucy: Don’t even think about it Jack.

Jack: Oh why not Lucy. Who would know?

Lucy: You’re seriously considering breaking the law just to kill some deer.

Jack: Lucy, hunting’s my life. You got to remember I’m from Bainbridge, an old hick town where hunting’s the only thing I did.

Lucy: Jack I won’t let you.

Jack: Oh come on, Lucy this will complete my collection I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time.

Lucy: Jack, you’re breaking the law.

Jack: So what? It’s not like they have security guards at the place.

Lucy: Stop it Jack.

She grabbed the rifle he was holding trying to get it out of his hands.

Anger flashed in Jack’s eyes.

Jack: Quit it you stupid bitch.

He pulled the gun from her hands and knocked the rifle on her head once, twice, three times. Lucy lay on the ground in a puddle of blood.

Jack: Holy Shit! What have I done? I’ve killed her. It was an accident though, I didn’t mean to, she just made me angry. I’ve got to bury her or something.

He lifted her body only he saw blood all over the ground.

Jack: That’s just great.

He went to the bathroom wetting down towels in the sink returning and cleaned up all the blood. He threw the towels in the bathroom.

Jack: Now, what to do with her body? Wait a minute she’s small I got a big bag. It’s worth a shot.

He emptied his bag and put Lucy in the now empty bag. He zipped the bag up, a perfect fit.

Jack: Yes. I can bury her in the woods. Hey, wait a minute when I finish burying her I can also get a little hunting done. What do you know? This worked out perfect. Ha-ha.

He grabbed his suitcase and rifle and went outside throwing his bag and rifle in the backseat. He got in the car and drove away from the motel.

THE WOODS

Jack gets out of the car.

Jack opens the trunk of the car getting out a shovel. He then opens the back seat getting the bag. He digs a hole and throws the bag in it then quickly fills in the hole. When he was finished something caught his eye.

Jack: What’s that?

He peered closer seeing a deer with a gray and black tail.

Jack: Ha-Ha, collection completed.

He got out his rifle aiming it at deer. The deer saw him and started charging him. Jack quickly pulled the trigger on the gun only the bullet bounced right off the deer.

Jack: What the bloody Hell?

Suddenly though the deer slammed into Jack the deer’s antlers going through Jack’s chest. Blood was on the ground.

Jack: oh…

He fell over and died.

Up in the trees was a camera watching this event.

MAYOR’S HOUSE

The mayor watches the scene of Jack dying, in his chair in a cozy living room.

In his hands he held a remote control. He hit a stop button and on the TV screen the deer stopped and fell over.

Mayor: Charles.

A butler showed up.

Charles: Yes, sir.

Mayor: Release the deer out again.

Charles: Yes, sir.

Charles went outside opening the fence letting all the real deer with gray and black tails run wild away from the fence into the park owned by the mayor.

LIVING ROOM

Mayor: Oh, when will those stupid hunters leave deer or any other animal for that matter alone? Oh well, that’s Number 97 on the dead hunters list.

The mayor picks up a shovel and walks out the mansion heading toward the park.

As the Mayor walks in the park he passes a sign saying:

Wind Park

Owned By Mayor McCartney

Open from 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.

No Hunting Allowed

Only Place To See The Rare Gray And Black Tailed Deer

 Author's Note

“Endangered” is one of me rebellious stories. I’m an animal rights-type person, and I hate every hunter. (No offense to any of me fans.) So, this is a rebellion against hunters. Mayor McCartney is not only a Beatles reference, but he also is one of me favourite characters I ever created. Overall, I love this story, and I love the bloody awesome twist ending. ALL ANIMALS SHOULD LIVE!